Vallejo Parolee Arrested in Killing of Woman, Injury of Her 5-Year-Old Boy

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A 43-year-old parolee was booked on suspicion of murdering a woman in a violent attack Saturday morning in Vallejo that also seriously injured the victim's 5-year-old boy, a police spokesman said.

At 1:52 a.m. Saturday, the Vallejo Police Department received a call about an assault inside a residence in the 2000 block of Marin Street west of Sonoma Boulevard, according to police Capt. James O'Connell.

When officers arrived, they found a 5-year-old boy and his 40-year-old mother injured from an apparent violent attack.

The boy was taken to the trauma center of a Bay Area hospital where he is expected to survive, O'Connell said.